The group of lawmakers who on Wednesday gave the Speaker of the House of Representatives, Dimeji Bankole a 7-day ultimatum to resign or be disgraced out of office were yesterday told to shelve the idea or be ready to face the music.

The order was handed out to the progressives, made up of PDP members by the Leader of Opposition in the House, Ali Ndume, while reacting to the ultimatum. He said the leadership of the house was not in any mood to entertain a crack in its fold or among its members, warning that “Enough Is Enough”.

On Wednesday, 11 rep members led by Mr Dino Melaye and Ehioge West-Idahosa told journalists that the progressive group were in possession of incriminating documents confirming allegations of corruption since Bankole became the Speaker of the House. Spokesman, Eseme Eyiboh had responded, asking the so-called progressives to vacate their theatre or be absolved and join other discernible members to complement the current legislative engagements for executive action.

Ndume said the leadership of the house under Bankole had for so long restrained itself from applying the rod against members whose activities had been inimical to the stability of the House. As a principal officer of the house, he stated that the leadership believed in the spirit of camaraderie within its fold; the reason why it overlooked security reports against “erring members.” According to him, the chamber, under the leadership of Bankole was more in the mood to celebrate the rare feat the national assembly had performed in amending the 1999 constitution and the Electoral Act 2006, than give adequate time for plot to set it backwards based on sheer vendetta being pursued by some lawmakers.

The Minority Leader said by the time the House resumes, it would focus on more pressing national issues including the receipt of the amended constitution from the State Houses of Assembly and its eventual proclamation into law by the Federal Government, as well as the issue on state creation.

And for those listed in the progressives list, Ndume said they still had a good chance to make peace with the leadership between now and the resumption of the members from recess, failing to which the House would eventually wield the big stick against any member whose activities are considered divisive, inimical and dangerous to the survival of democracy.
“Each of those listed as members of the Progressive Group, had had very weighty issues pending before the House leadership, which warranted some measure of penalty, whereas the House had a change of heart in applying penalties owing to pleas from peace loving colleagues,” he stated.

Ndume reminded those calling for the resignation of the Speaker to realize that the law governing the House empowers the leadership to apply sanctions against any members who breached the Rules, adding that the leadership would not hesitate to sacrifice any member who may wish to stand between it and progress.

“What we had expected is that any member who had issues against the leadership would come forward and table such issue before the gathering of members most especially during the plenary, if only for the House to take common decision on such.
“We had done that before and several times too. That is why we hold executive sessions to resolve key issues common to the interest of every member. The law has never allows any member to vent his or her anger on the pages of newspaper, while ignoring the proper channels for doing so.

“I look at the set of people who issued that ultimatum to the Honourable Speaker and discovered that they are the same set of member raising the same issue at different times. They are colleagues to whom we ascribed much of integrity and high sense of acumen, law and order. We are not to join issues with them on the pages of newspaper and so we are seizing this opportunity to call them to order because enough is enough”.

The ANPP leader urged the Progressive group to present the documents against the Speaker for authentication, noting that it had severally uncovered many fake documents being bandied as tools for blackmailing the leadership, most especially during the car purchase scandal.

The Representatives from Hell will not allow us to have peace hear on earth.
I bind and rebuke them in Jesus name !

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